1. Thanks
Thanks Derek and EUMAN for the solutions.
Long Live Euphoria,
Chris
2. Re: Thanks
I should have been specific, the one I gave you
centers the window when you create it.
It doesnt take into account the user resizeing the window
or moveing it but, you could use setRect( ) in conjunction
with the functions I sent. but, first you would have to
GetWindowRect to establish the four rect points.
I sent it just incase all you wanted basically was a quick way
to do this on loading the Window.
else, use Dereks.
Euman
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 22:15
Subject: Thanks
>
>
> Thanks Derek and EUMAN for the solutions.
>
> Long Live Euphoria,
> Chris
>
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3. Thanks
- Posted by Monty King <boot_me at GEOCITIES.COM>
Feb 20, 1998
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Last edited Feb 21, 1998
Thanks Jacques and David...
Much appreciated.
Monty
PS What does that ez font do? I got it running but it doesn't seem to do
anything.
4. Re: Thanks
At 21:49 20-02-98 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks Jacques and David...
> Much appreciated.
>Monty
>
>PS What does that ez font do? I got it running but it doesn't seem to do
>anything.
>
ezfont.ew is an include file to use with you win32 applications. It define a
function EzCreateFont() which is used to create a true type font from one of
the 13 true type font that comes standard with windows 95.
Syntax: include ezfont.ew
hFont = EzCreateFont(hdc,FaceName,DeciPtHeigth,DeciPtWidth,Attributes,fLogRes)
Description: Return a true type font handle. hFont is an atom receiving the
font handle. hdc is an atom containing the display context handle, FaceNAme is
the name of the font, one of the 13 below:
Courier New
Courier New Bold
Courier New Italic
Courier New Bold Italic
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Bold
Times New Roman Italic
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Arial
Arial Bold
Arial Italic
Arial Bold Italic
Symbol
If you have other TrueType fonts installed you can use them, but 13 above
comes with windows 95.
DeciPtHeigth is an integer that indicate the font heigth in 1/10 of a point.
So if you want a 10 points character DeciPtHeigth = 100.
DeciPtWidth is an integer that indicate character width. Normaly set it to
0 or same as DeciPtHeigth to get character with normal heigth/width ratio. If
you want a narrower or larger character than designed is this parameter to
modify it.
Attributes is an integer defining character appearance. attributes constants
are:
EZ_ATTRIB_ITALIC
EZ_ATTRIB_BOLD
EZ_ATTRIB_UNDERLINE
EZ_ATTRIB_STRIKEOUT
attributes can be ored togethers.
fLogRes is an integer that shoul be 1 or 0 (BOOLEAN). Set It to TRUE to base
the visible font size on the "logical resolution" returned by GetDeviceCaps
function. Otherwise it's based on actual resolution. (cited from Charles
Petzold book I don't know what it really does)
Example:
atom hdc, hFont, pText
constant Text = "This text is underlined"
hdc = GetDC(hwnd) -- hwnd is a valid window handle
hFont = EzCreateFont(hdc,"Times New Roman",120,0,EZ_ATTRIB_UNDERLINE,1)
pText = allocate_string(Text)
TextOut(hdc,0,0,pText,length(Text))-- write text to windows
ReleaseDC(hwnd,hdc)-- release the display context when it's no more needed
DeleteObject(hFont) -- release the font when it's no more needed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jacques Deschenes
Baie-Comeau, Quebec
Canada
desja at globetrotter.qc.ca
5. Thanks
Hi Bernie, Matthew !
Thank you for help!
Attila
------------------------
> -- Do this to convert the ROUTINE ID into a CALLBACK ADDRESS
> lpComplett = call_back(routine_id("Read_Ok"))
6. Thanks
Hi
Just a quick note of thanks to Elliot Sales de Andrade for the gd library
(including the jpg only library he emailed to me), and Tommy carlier for the
freeimage library (as well as the win32lib team, and ide) - enabled me to
create a nice little add on app for a friend of mine releasing a new game.
( http://starfighter.home.att.net/evochron/downloads.htm )
Chris
http://members.aol.com/chriscrylex/euphoria.htm
http://uboard.proboards32.com/
7. Thanks
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already know about all the stuff you said about that 256 mesage I sent =
.I got everythin strait and now my problem is solved ( By myself ! ) You =
know a sprite editor ,right ? I wanted to create a list that shows you =
all the 256 colors . Well my programing is going quite well . I am =
begining to go to the advance level . There is just one last thing I =
want to tel you people . C is not difficult . Only because everyone says =
Its difficult , many of you have created a fear for it . If you want to =
do programing for a job , you are going to have to learn a bit of C some =
time in your life . Go for it !
See ya ( I mean read ya ! )
Ferdinand=20
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to create=20
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8. Re: Thanks
- Posted by Tom Eklöf <darkspace at SUNPOINT.NET>
Aug 25, 2000
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Last edited Aug 26, 2000
C's not difficult, eh?
Oh, you're going to wish you hadn't said that, Ferdinand ole boy ;)
Interpret me this, now won't you:
char (*(*x())[])()
And yes, this is a completely valid expression in C.
ANY programming language can be difficult. Take Perl for example: it look=
s innocent enough, even with the regexps and such, but when you get deep =
down into things like references, you end up writing code like
&{$spindle->{FOLD}}(3);
--Tom "Uses computed gotos regularly" Ekl=F6f
Liity toga.com etuj=E4seneksi, saat etuj=E4sentarjouksia ja lis=E4ksi voi=
t voittaa Palm V k=E4mmenmikron! http://www.sunpoint.net/SunAds/click.htm=
9. Re: Thanks
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> C's not difficult, eh?
> Oh, you're going to wish you hadn't said that, Ferdinand ole boy ;)
>
> Interpret me this, now won't you:
> char (*(*x())[])()
>
>
> And yes, this is a completely valid expression in C.
>
I can't tell you what happens when you run that, but
I do know that if you drop random bits of code like that
into your work, you'll be unpopular but layoff-proof.:)
Irv
10. Re: Thanks
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, you wrote:
>> C's not difficult, eh?
>> Oh, you're going to wish you hadn't said that, Ferdinand ole boy ;)
>>
>> Interpret me this, now won't you:
>> char (*(*x())[])()
>>
>>
>> And yes, this is a completely valid expression in C.
>>
>
> I can't tell you what happens when you run that, but
> I do know that if you drop random bits of code like that
> into your work, you'll be unpopular but layoff-proof.:)
>
> Irv
Obviously enough, that's a function returning a pointer to an array of po=
inters to functions returning char ;)
Tiesitk=F6 muuten, ett=E4 toga.com nettitavaratalossa pleikkaripelit maks=
avat vain alk.125mk. http://www.sunpoint.net/SunAds/click.htm?mode=3Dfoot=
er&id=3D3&jump=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.toga.com%2Ffi
11. Re: Thanks
> Obviously enough, that's a function returning a pointer to an array of
> pointers to functions returning char ;)
Okay. My head hurts now.
Blessed Be! --"LEVIATHAN"
12. Thanks
I wanted to thank everyone, I still need to refine the program (duh), =
but it's just to learn the basics of it. I may post more stupid =
questions and lame programs, so I appreciate the lack of flamming I =
received on this last one.
______________________________________
Michael R. York
Database Coordinator/Development Department
Phone: (610)647-4400 x3137
Fax: (610)251-1668
Email: myork at immaculata.edu
13. Thanks
- Posted by willabamm at hotmail.com
Mar 01, 2001
-
Last edited Mar 02, 2001
Thank You All!
I apologize for
1) My spelling (Kat)
2) For being impatiant.
I took a hard blow this month. I went and learnd a program called RPG
Maker and made a couple of games, and went to sell tham and was told
that I can only distribute them as freeware, or be sued.
This was hard to me and my family, we have little income, I got a huge
criminale record, ( I have been stright for 3 yrs. I got married and
settle down), I know this is my fault. but I can't get a job, and I live
in a tourist town with little job opertunity. So I went into game
programing, but found C++ hard to learn. I then investergated other
programing languages, and decided too try eaiser one first.
So i would like to convert these games into something I can sell and
make some money!
Again Sorry for the trouble, and yes belive it or not I did read the
install instructions.
14. Re: Thanks
- Posted by Euman <euman at bellsouth.net>
Mar 01, 2001
-
Last edited Mar 02, 2001
This is going to hard to say but judging from your experience thus far
you'll go broke before you get a game that's worthy of dollars in the
pocket.
I've been giving Euphoria hell for almost three years now and am only
scratching the surface. I feel comfortable enough to experiment now
but, with a full time job and family too, putting in as much time as I can
to gain the knowledge only for the pride in knowing that I can
make my computer do what I want it to.
I think in maybe a year from now I might make my first dollar.
Thats four years of time to gain the knowledge necessary to
compete in an industry filled with superior mind power.
(take a bow yall. hehe)
I too am ambitous, I want it all now but I know it's not to be,
so I haven't quite my day job yet. I suggest the same for you.
Euman
----- Original Message -----
From: <willabamm at hotmail.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 23:23
Subject: Thanks
| Thank You All!
| I apologize for
| 1) My spelling (Kat)
| 2) For being impatiant.
| I took a hard blow this month. I went and learnd a program called RPG
| Maker and made a couple of games, and went to sell tham and was told
| that I can only distribute them as freeware, or be sued.
| This was hard to me and my family, we have little income, I got a huge
| criminale record, ( I have been stright for 3 yrs. I got married and
| settle down), I know this is my fault. but I can't get a job, and I live
| in a tourist town with little job opertunity. So I went into game
| programing, but found C++ hard to learn. I then investergated other
| programing languages, and decided too try eaiser one first.
| So i would like to convert these games into something I can sell and
| make some money!
|
|
| Again Sorry for the trouble, and yes belive it or not I did read the
| install instructions.
|
|
|
|
15. Re: Thanks
At 08:23 1/03/01 -0800, you wrote:
>This was hard to me and my family, we have little income, I got a huge
>criminale record, ( I have been stright for 3 yrs. I got married and
>settle down), I know this is my fault. but I can't get a job, and I live
>in a tourist town with little job opertunity. So I went into game
>programing, but found C++ hard to learn. I then investergated other
>programing languages, and decided too try eaiser one first.....
On Programming and Money:
If this is seriously your situation, stop fooling yourself and go
out and get a job. If there is no work where you are, hitch-hike
somewhere else and get a job, then post the money back to your family.
If you want to learn to program, great! Do it in your spare time. Who
knows, you may even get good at it and make some money some day, but
there's no way known you can learn to program, write a game, market it
and earn some money before those four and a half packets of instant
noodles in the cupboard run out. It's just not going to happen, mate.
Tourist town? One thing that is pretty well universal is that tourists
are a ready source of money. Buy some cheap tee-shirts and print
"Welcome to Auckland, where men are men, and sheep are nervous" on them.
Of course if you're not from Auckland, you'll have to come up with
something else. Tourists will spend $20 on any piece of junk that makes
them laugh (this will include me if I ever get a real Holiday:-0)
On EUPHORIA:
1)
To make a Euphoria program, you must make a text file with some code
in it, then pass that text file to the euphoria interpreter.
2)
You can make the text file using any text editor. I still prefer ED.EX
that comes with euphoria, but it dosn't reall matter
3)
The text file should have the extension .EX (or .EXW)
i.e. "thisfile.EX"
4)
The Euphoria interpreter is a program called "EX.EXE" (or EXW.EXE)
5)
So if you create a text file called "this.ex", with some code in it,
you will have to run EX.EXE and pass it the name of the file
i.e. "EX.EXE THIS.EX"
or "EX THIS.EX"
or just "EX THIS"
In windows you can drag and drop "THIS.EX" onto "EX.EXE" which
should be in c:\euphoria\bin
The only problems you will have doing any of this is if your system
dosn't know where to look for the files. (6) below should fix this.
6)
include the lines already mentioned by several other people in your
config.sys file.
(This should be in your C drive in "My Computer" double-click
then select notepad from the list)
It's also possible (but unlikely) that you have no config.sys file.
If that's the case, right click in your C Drive window and select
New->Text File The just type "config.sys" in the name box.
Re-boot after you have done this
*************************************************************************
So, to recap,
A) make a text file with some code in it
B) pass it to ex.exe, this will run your code
*************************************************************************
ex.exe is for DOS programs (but runs fine under windows)
exw.exe is for windows programs.
I'd start with DOS to do a few tests and find your feet.
Euphoria programs can be easily converted to .EXE files,
but you will have worked that out by the time you get up
to it.
Good luck,
Graeme.
( and seriously man, get a job, the diffrence between a one
income family and a two income family is huge, it will give
you the peace of mind to relax and enjoy yourself )
16. Thanks
Thanks David, that idea was on my brain, but I think that make a polygon of
that size take memory.
And thanks to that man who answers my other mail: Anybody? (I deleted it,
and I don=B4t remember your name, sorry).
Thanks,
Red Knight
17. Thanks
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Thank you for everyone who helped me lately with my questions !
Cheers
Ferdinand Greyling
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18. Thanks
Hi All,
Thanks to all the responses to my (somewhat dumb) question.
I now have my csv routine fine.
Only trouble is, excel can't handle more than 256 columns 
Ne'er mind, cheers anyway.
Sid
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I really wanted to say a big **THANK YOU** to everyone in the =
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The best thing I've found with Euphoria is not only it's ease of use but =
the fact there are *so* many example programs=20
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provided these) with their source code available for download.=20
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'Busy'. I am using progress bars (just as timers really)
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for the=20
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is not only=20
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download.=20
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do I just=20
jumped feet first into Euphoria,(no trial programs first!!). I am a =
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type=20
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most=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>were too complicated for our =
purpose (or cost=20
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from.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I'm now just =
finishing some=20
additions to it where they can LPR a test print and they can also FTP =
(or LPR) a=20
file to the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>printer (used for microcode =
updates)..With all the=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> The initial version =
of the=20
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some great=20
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on the new=20
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hope!!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I do have a =
question, there are=20
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background=20
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just want to=20
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really)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and 'Please Wait' messages but I would =
like to show=20
the usual busy cursor when the mouse is over the =
programs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>window and I haven't been able to =
figure this out.=20
Can anyone help?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Regards=20
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20. Re: Thanks
Thanks Jonas
That does what I want - almost.. Maybe I'm being stupid (it
happens!!)
I notice that if I set the busy mouse for a window, it only shows the busy
in 'unused' areas
of the window i.e moving the mouse over any defined fields (Buttons etc)
makes it revert to normal
then back to busy when I'm off a button.
I also found that when I use it within a button click procedure (even as
the
first statement) it doesn't kick into life till after the following code
(which rather defeats the
object!). I even tried putting it in on down event for the button and on the
open event for
my 'Please Wait'.... Help!
Regards Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonas Temple" <jtemple at yhti.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: Thanks
> Pete,
>
> Welcome to the community!
>
> In Win32Lib V59.1 there's setMousePointer() to change the pointer used
> so if you're wanting to show that you're busy then you could:
>
> setMousePointer(MyWindow, WaitPointer)
> -- some code here
> -- Don't forget to set it back!
> restoreMousePointer(MyWindow)
>
> HTH,
>
> Jonas
> > I do have a question, there are times in my program where I am
running a
> > windows command in the background and
> > while waiting for this to complete I just want to show some kind of
> > 'Busy'. I am using progress bars (just as timers really)
> > and 'Please Wait' messages but I would like to show the usual busy
> > cursor when the mouse is over the programs
> > window and I haven't been able to figure this out. Can anyone help?
> >
> > Regards Pete.
>
>
>
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21. Re: Thanks
pete_stoner at btconnect.com wrote:
> Like Ray I am also a 'Newbie' to Euphoria, I've been playing with it
> for about 3 months now (I've even paid for the full
> version so I must like it!!), however unlike him I am not a programmer.
...
> I really wanted to say a big **THANK YOU** to everyone in the
> Euphoria community - Especially Derek for the Win32Lib..
> The best thing I've found with Euphoria is not only it's ease of use but
> the fact there are *so* many example programs
> (not to mention all the include files.. Thanks to everyone who have
> provided these) with their source code available for download.
> This makes it much easier (when you find an example of what you want to
> do) to see what code is needed..
Hi Pete
Let me add my thanks too. And now that I have found the demos and all
the documentation I am very impressed. This is a very friendly place to
come to and I very much appreciate the number of helpful replies to my
many questions.
I have found one other forum that is equally friendly and that is the
NoteTab one. I see that there are a few notetab users here because
there are notetab clips for Euphoria and for Win32Lib. For those that
don't know NoteTab, it is a text editor with knobs on! The clipbook
feature allows easily built sets of commands that are clicked to
generate, for example, program command sequences with the correct syntax
and indentation and asking the relevant variables and putting them in
the right places. If you don't use NoteTab for editing your Euphoria
programs, I recommend that you try it, but do a search on Euphoria site
for the two NoteTab clips and install these too.
Best wishes
Ray Tomes
22. Re: Thanks
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:46:35 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net>
wrote:
>I've noticed the same things but haven't really given it too much=20
>thought. =20
>
>Maybe what should happen is in setMousePointer if you pass a window it=20
>should set the mouse pointer for ALL child controls of that window?
I've noticed this in many diverse apps (non Eu, non win32lib); the
eggtimer cursor changes back as you move round the window.
Most times I agree with this behaviour. Can anyone post an example of
it going badly wrong (and/or proof it got worse since 0.55/57)?
Pete
23. Re: Thanks
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:46:35 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net>
wrote:
>that the mouse pointer doesn't get updated unless you stick a few=20
>doEvents() in the code=20
Well, obviously, if you are running any kind of code beyond just
instant reaction to gui events, you really really MUST litter it with
doEvents() calls.
If you, or anyone else, does not understand this, you do need to spend
some time thinking about it, otherwise you will never EVER understand
event-driven code. My apologies for being blunt.
Pete
24. Re: Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:21:19PM +0100, Pete Lomax wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:46:35 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net>
> wrote:
>
> >that the mouse pointer doesn't get updated unless you stick a few
> >doEvents() in the code
>
> Well, obviously, if you are running any kind of code beyond just
> instant reaction to gui events, you really really MUST litter it with
> doEvents() calls.
>
> If you, or anyone else, does not understand this, you do need to spend
> some time thinking about it, otherwise you will never EVER understand
> event-driven code. My apologies for being blunt.
>
> Pete
>
That makes sense with cooperative multitasking. Preemptive multitasking
doesn't really need this however.
Also the need to release the cpu is present in all OSes which allow
multitaskingm
not just event driven programs.
I write this because I don't understand why one must litter the code with
doEvent() calls. I've never had to do this with GUI programming in Linux.
(In fact, aside from sleep(), Linux seems to not even HAVE a doEvents()
equivelent,
tho I haven't looked very hard for one.)
I know that doEvents() comes from Win 3.1, which was a cooperative OS, but
why do more modern Windoze OSes need it?
Very curious,
jbrown
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25. Re: Thanks
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:09:09 -0400, jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote:
>That makes sense with cooperative multitasking. Preemptive multitasking
>doesn't really need this however.
You may well be right
>why do more modern Windoze OSes need it?
now there's an oxymoron ;-0
Pete
26. Re: Thanks
- Posted by gertie at visionsix.com
Jun 18, 2003
On 17 Jun 2003, at 19:09, jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:21:19PM +0100, Pete Lomax wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:46:35 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >that the mouse pointer doesn't get updated unless you stick a few
> > >doEvents() in the code
> >
> > Well, obviously, if you are running any kind of code beyond just
> > instant reaction to gui events, you really really MUST litter it with
> > doEvents() calls.
> >
> > If you, or anyone else, does not understand this, you do need to spend
> > some time thinking about it, otherwise you will never EVER understand
> > event-driven code. My apologies for being blunt.
> >
> > Pete
> >
>
> That makes sense with cooperative multitasking. Preemptive multitasking
> doesn't really need this however.
>
> Also the need to release the cpu is present in all OSes which allow
> multitaskingm not just event driven programs.
>
> I write this because I don't understand why one must litter the code with
> doEvent() calls. I've never had to do this with GUI programming in Linux.
> (In fact, aside from sleep(), Linux seems to not even HAVE a doEvents()
> equivelent, tho I haven't looked very hard for one.)
>
> I know that doEvents() comes from Win 3.1, which was a cooperative OS, but
> why do more modern Windoze OSes need it?
Because they lay on the olde reliable dos code, and apprently it is difficult
for
the 32bit protected mode OS to get the cpu back from the 16bit code.
Sleep(0) has the most effect when used in short disk access loops, no
matter what the program... you can tie up the cpu and crash winmodem in
mirc and Eu, the OS won't be responding to pci interrupts. Ethernet will be
nuked too.
Kat
27. Re: Thanks
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:30:39PM -0500, gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
<snip>
> Because they lay on the olde reliable dos code, and apprently it is difficult
> for
> the 32bit protected mode OS to get the cpu back from the 16bit code.
> Sleep(0) has the most effect when used in short disk access loops, no
> matter what the program... you can tie up the cpu and crash winmodem in
> mirc and Eu, the OS won't be responding to pci interrupts. Ethernet will be
> nuked too.
>
> Kat
>
But that is just completely false for the WinNT and WinXP OSes.
Well it doesn't matter, since Martin answered it in another posting.
jbrown
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